Adam Faucett

Whatever your aural mood, there's bound to be a show happening—on this night in this town—that'll suit your fancy. If you need a refresher on tonight's hybrid instrument smorgasbord, aka A Cabinet of Curiosities, at The Kosmos, peep A Cure for Stockhausen Syndrome and/or this blog. If you're frustrated by the inherent limitations of dead tree space, check out an up-to-the-minute Saturday night show list below. Rock on, y'all.

• Arkansan swampy-folk soul/songwriter Adam Faucett emotes tonight at an all-ages show at The Glitter Factory (2127 Silver SE), along with Carlosaur and The Alchemists. 7 p.m. $5.

• Pay tribute to inimitable local musician Eric Johnson's life by raising money for Casa Esperanza at The Texas Independence Day Party, happening tonight at the Albuquerque Press Club (201 Highland Park Circle). Consume armadillo eggs and Lone Stars while Big Sad Guy, Edith Grove, The Handsome Family, Next Three Miles, Saltine Ramblers, Wildewood, Double Plow, The Jake Leg Three and The Old Main tickle your ears pink. 4 p.m.'til 1 a.m. $25 per person, or $40 a couple. For more info, click.

• Roc the Mic 13—which Alibi columnist Mike Smith wrote about in this week's installment of Last Month in Music—goes down tonight at Evolution Nightclub (6132 Fourth Street NW). 8 p.m. Learn more here.

• Move your body to Gavin Russom's EDM orchestra The Crystal Ark and Rand Larzeny at Sister (409 Central NW) this evening. 9 p.m. 21+. $10. Get tickets here.

• Desert surf purveyor Phantom Lake soundtracks The Mask of the Red Death Masquerade Ball at ArtBar (119 Gold SW) tonight. 9 p.m. 21+. $10.

• Santa Fe-based singer/songwriter (and, yes, former Angry Samoan) Gregg Turner performs at No Fun Dance Party tonight at Blackbird Buvette (509 Central NW). Satellite Sky and DJs Bea and Ms. Stoche spin garage, soul and rock and roll. 10 p.m. 21+. No cover.

• live music
• albuquerque

Eric Williams

Manny Rettinger confers with his chuppers

GMOs are supposed to freak you out, but hybrid instruments merely demonstrate artists' unwillingness to be restrained by the musical status quo. In this week's music feature, A Cure for Stockhausen Syndrome, DJ/DIY mainstay/music writer Derek Caterwaul brings us up to speed on Manny Rettinger's chuppers, hybrid musical instruments that each boast not only their own ambiance, but even individual personalities. As Caterwaul notes, attending Cabinet of Curiosities on Saturday may give you a whole new set of ears. Scope related A/V below. The Kosmos • A Cabinet of Curiosities • UBIK Sound • Carmina Escobar • Marisa Demarco • Monica Demarco • Drake Hardin • Martian Funk • Sat March 2 • 7:30 pm • $7 • ALL-AGES!

Marisa and Monica Demarco at Sorella Sorella

More Videos

• manny rettinger
• the chuppers
• the kosmos
• hybrid instruments
• marisa demarco
• monica demarco
• carmina escobar
• drake hardin
• live music
• local music
• cabinet of curiosities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More Videos

• music to your ears
• the matildas
• pacific pride
• the jeebies
• fando
• lady fox
• synchro studio
• breakin hearts
• hip-hop
• klezmerquerque
• klezmer
• beware of mr. baker
• ornette: made in america
• guild cinema
• live music

David V. D'Andrea

 

Another rad artist I "know" via Facebook is Emil Amos. When I heard Lilacs & Champagne, my mind was blown. I messaged him to that effect and he kindly requested my friendship. Amos, of Om, Grails and Holy Sons, is extremely talented and hella gracious, and I'm psyched to high-five him this evening. Transcendent drone-metal duo Om performs tonight at Sister (409 Central NW), along with guitar virtuoso Sir Richard Bishop and Jeremy Barnes. I'll see you there. Read all about Bishop in Siring Superlative Sound. Check out related A/V below. Sister • Om • Sir Richard Bishop • Jeremy Barnes • Thurs Feb 14 • 10 pm • $10-13 • 21+ • sisterthebar.com

 

More Videos

• sir richard bishop
• om
• emil amos
• ann magnuson
• jeremy barnes
• sister
• valentine's day
• live music

Blues Control

On the bright side, that frees up our collective schedule to catch Queens, New York duo Blues Control on Tuesday, Feb. 12, at Small Engine Gallery (1413 Fourth Street SW), along with Fando and Fort Hobo. On Sunday, Feb. 10, get your alt.country/gothabilly and gonzo-roots fix at Low Spirits (2823 Second Street NW) with Slim Cessna's Auto Club and The Imperial Rooster. Be a battle participant/voyeur on Wednesday, Feb. 13, at Desert Banditz' Mic Club 7 at Launchpad (618 Central SW). Peruse the deets in this week's Music to Your Ears. Check out A/V from featured acts below. Small Engine Gallery • Blues Control • Fando • Fort Hobo • Tues Feb 12 • 9 pm • $5 • ALL-AGES! • smallenginegallery.com

Blues Control - "Opium Den / Fade to Blue"

Blues Control - "Love's a Rondo"

Breakfast with Fando

Slim Cessna's Auto Club - "Last Song About Satan"

The Imperial Rooster - "Khorn Sirrup Sundae (K.S.S.)"

More Videos

• music to your ears
• live music
• blues control
• fando
• fort hobo
• small engine gallery
• slim cessna's auto club
• the imperial rooster
• low spirits
• desert banditz mic club
• launchpad

Bill Orcutt

Harry Pussy guitarist/vocalist Bill Orcutt disappeared from the world of music after the dissolution of the notorious Miami noise rock outfit. Reappearing in 2009 with A New Way to Pay Old Debts, Orcutt has distinguished himself as an acoustic alchemist. Check out Orcutt A/V below.

Bill Orcutt - "Lip Rich"

Bill Orcutt - "The Visible Bosom"

Bill Orcutt and Sir Richard Bishop, Live at Zebulon

Bill Orcutt, Live at Reckless Records

More Videos

Eric Williams ericwphoto.com

शिव

Nuevo Mexicano transplant Hector Peña turns everyday detritus—think cigar boxes, bullets, bolts, license plates, rare coins and so on—into folk art instruments that charm and shred. Geoffrey Plant spent some time with Peña and shares a glimpse into the Burqueño maker's method and motivation in Resonating at a Higher Frequency. Check out Peña's demo tracks, "Gettysburg" and "Homeless Brother" below. Bright Rain Gallery • Cigar box guitar talk/demo/performance with Hector Peña • Sun Feb 3 • 1-3 pm • FREE • ALL-AGES! • brightraingallery.com

Hector Peña - Gettysburg

Hector Peña - Homeless Brother

More Videos

• music
• hector peña
• cigar box guitar
• folk art
• maker
• madrid
• albuquerque
• mojo

Gojira

Albuquerque's knowledgeable metal fans exploded into cheers on Tuesday, Jan. 29, as everyone's favorite French metal band Gojira tore into the opening track "Explosia" from their 2012 release L'Enfant Sauvage.

Live, Gojira sets up a sonic force field made up of fast, staccato pounding rhythms behind which the band works its art. Aware of the conventions of metal, the band avoids them. The aesthetic extends even to its backdrop, a stylized leafy tree inside a human head instead of skulls, pentagrams, inverted crosses or flames.

Late in the show, the capacity crowd may have gotten got a glimpse into the Gojira creative process and the relationship at the core of the band when Joe Duplantier played a chugging solo riff that also incorporating ringing harmonics. Joined by his brother Mario on drums, the two played together much as one imagines they have over the years. The other members kicked in and they became Gojira. But the image that remains is of Joe riffing away, a man and his guitar in the night.

What separates those who go through the motions and those who could be headed somewhere could be what former President George H.W. Bush called "the vision thing." The Atlas Moth has the vision thing.

Crowded up at the front of the Sunshine stage, the young five-piece band from Chicago is fronted by singer/guitarist Stavros Giannopolous who, with his short hair, beard and hoodie looks like a guy who stocks produce or bags your groceries at Sprouts but who also possesses an unearthly scream and growl.

Their sound recalls a slower, heavier Isis. Andrew Ragin (guitar, keyboards and producer of 2011 release An Ache for the Distance) also cites Neurosis as a band favorite. Waves of sound from the individual instruments interact with each other like a speeded-up continental drift. Drummer Anthony Mainiero produces impossibly heavy beats from his small kit made up of nothing but a bass drum, floor tom, a snare and a few cymbals. People are taking notice of this band. Ragin said that Gojira, who know the band's music, called to invite The Atlas Moth on their current tour. Stavros is also a member of Twilight, which Noisecreep calls a "black metal supergroup." Twilight has a new member for their 2013 release, some recently divorced guy named Thurston Moore. Standing alone in the Sunshine lobby after the show, tired and under the weather a bit, Stavros looked like anything but a superstar. Full journalistic disclosure: I liked these guys so much I bought them a round of beers after their set.

Mr. Gomez, of Taos Pueblo, has been listening to metal since 1975.

Gojira - "L'Enfant Sauvage"

More Videos

• live music
• metal
• show review
• sunshine theater
• the atlas moth
• gojira

 

This week's Music to Your Ears delivers the 411 on the Mod-i-Gras Ball, a Fishbone concert and a strange recital featuring Jagjaguwar-signed act The Lord Dog Bird and witchy psych-folk chanteuse Caethua. Check out representative A/V below. Blackbird Buvette • The Mod-i-Gras Ball • DJs Bea, Cassyle and Mello • Sat Feb 2 • 10 pm • FREE • 21+ • blackbirdbuvette.com

Cookie and His Cupcakes - "I'm Twisted"

Update: According to Alibi Music Editor Emeritus Jessica Cassyle Carr, aka DJ Cassyle, there was a scheduling mix-up and the Mod-i-Gras Ball ain't gonna happen. But you can still listen to songs like this one, while slow-dancing with a loved one or broom.

Gene Terry - Cindy Lou

Fishbone - "Party at Ground Zero"

Fishbone - "Date Rape"

The Lord Dog Bird - "The Gift of Song In the Lion's Den"

Caethua - "Son of the Hounds"

More Videos

• music to your ears
• mod-i-gras ball
• fishbone
• the lord dog bird
• caethua
• live music

Factory Floor - "Fall Back" still

I spend a ridiculous amount of time watching music videos. Peruse my fave vids from the first month of 2013 below. Post the ones you've bookmarked and replayed as comments. Sharing is caring.

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - “We No Who U R”

U.S. Girls - “Work From Home”

HK119 - “Snowblind”

Crystal Castles - “Sad Eyes”

The Soft Moon - “Die Life”

Butterclock - “Don't”

Factory Floor - “Fall Back”

More Videos